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11improve — I verb advance, ameliorate, amend, appreciate, beautify, correct, cultivate, cure, develop, doctor, edify, edit, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emend, enhance, ennoble, enrich, fix, flourish, gain, gain strength, heighten, help, increase,… …
12improve — (v.) late 15c., to use to one s profit, to increase (income), from Anglo Fr. emprouwer to turn to profit (late 13c.), from O.Fr. en , causative prefix, + prou profit, from L. prode advantageous (see PROUD (Cf. proud)). Spelling with v was rare… …
13improve — ► VERB 1) make or become better. 2) (improve on/upon) achieve or produce something better than. 3) (improving) giving moral or intellectual benefit. DERIVATIVES improvability noun improvable adjective improver …
14improve the occasion — 1. To seize an opportunity for edification or other purpose 2. To draw a moral from what has happened • • • Main Entry: ↑improve …
15Improve — means to make something better. It may also refer to:Improver* Bread improver * Improver Corporation: Improver v Remington, a 1990 United Kingdom patent infringement law court caseImproved* Improved clinch knot, a knot * Most Improved Player, a… …
16improve upon — index elaborate, fix (repair), modify (alter), surpass Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17improve — [v] make or become better advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around*, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up*, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, make strides,… …
18improve — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, immeasurably, immensely, materially, radically, really, remarkably, sign …
19improve — 01. Your English has really [improved] in the last few months. 02. I ve noticed a good [improvement] in Laurie s health since she started eating less junk food. 03. The doctor said that the patient s health has [improved] steadily since they put… …
20improve — [[t]ɪmpru͟ːv[/t]] ♦♦ improves, improving, improved 1) V ERG If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better. Within a month, both the texture and condition of your hair should improve... The weather is beginning to improve... [V n]… …
